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Rico-Martinez: Ford and Immigration

rico-martinez: When Ford unveiled his 21-member cabinet on June 29, Rico-Martinez wasn't surprised to see no immigration minister on the list, according to National Observer. But number one, I'm a pretty generous guy I'm taking care of our own first. The co-director of the FCJ Refugee Centre Francisco Rico-Martinez had no doubt in his mind that Ford would cancel the ministry of citizenship and immigration. Once we take care of our own, once we exhaust every single avenue and don't have anyone that can fill a job, then I'd be open to that, Ford said. They were not expecting this type of radical change, said Rico-Martinez. Onpli People were saying, for instance, that immigration and refugees is not a priority for Doug Ford. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.